The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), informed this Wednesday, 31, that six more subway stations will be built in the future 6 - Orange Line. Five kilometers of work will be added. According to the politician, the project is in the study phase, and there will be four more stops southbound and […]
Petrobras has plans to resume its investments in South American countries, including Venezuela. The president of the state-owned company, Jean Paul Prates, said on Tuesday 30, in a meeting with the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, that the company should seek new business opportunities in gas exploration and energy transition. According to the head of […]
By Fernando de Castro President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's proposal to grant a credit line from the BRICS Bank to Argentina through the New Development Bank faces financial difficulties due to the neighboring country's low foreign exchange reserves. Lula's suggestion was presented last month during former president Dilma Rousseff's inauguration at the head of […]
This Wednesday (31st) is the deadline for Congress to approve Provisional Measure (MP) 1.154/23, which restructures the organization of Lula's ministries. The MP issued on the first day of the government increased the number of portfolios from 23 (under Bolsonaro's administration) to 32 under the PT regime. A provisional measure is a legal act in […]
In 2023, Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants, a ceremony that elects the 50 best restaurants in Latin America, will be held for the first time in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, on November 28. The ranking is considered an important reference in the gastronomic sector and aims to inspire and guide consumers worldwide. The awarding, […]
The Honduran NGO Anticorruption National Council (CNA) denounced this week the “high degree of nepotism” existing in the Executive headed by the leftist president of the country, Xiomara Castro. According to the organization, the presence of the president’s sons, brothers, and nephews has been detected holding positions in the Government of the Central American country. […]
Peru’s Prime Minister Alberto Otárola said Tuesday that he had asked Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to “cease the demagogic attack against Peru,” as the latter has been critical of his Peruvian counterpart, Dina Boluarte, and the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo. “I am going to give an account to the country of the belligerent […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Tuesday the return of Colombia to the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), five years after the country’s then president, Iván Duque, left the organization, claiming that it served the interests of the Venezuelan dictatorship. Petro, in Brasília for a summit of South American leaders, has indicated that he […]
In Peru, the countdown is on for the Jorge Chávez International Airport. The new airport terminal, scheduled to be inaugurated in January 2025, will be a modern city with runways. The new airport will have numerous facilities for aviation and non-aviation activities, including logistics and cargo areas, hangars, offices, warehouses, parking, hotels, stores, and more. […]
Taxation of international purchases in Brazil is a done deal. Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said Monday (29) that a new tax plan would be finalized in the coming days. However, tax rates for businesses and consumers have not yet been set. "It is in the final stages; the rate has not yet been decided," he […]
The general elections in Ecuador were brought forward to August 20, 2023, in which citizens will have to go to the polls to elect a new president and legislators for the National Assembly until 2025, after the current president, Guillermo Lasso, decreed the cross-death, in the framework of the impeachment process he was facing. Ecuador’s […]
By Sebastián Ochoa The Peruvian justice system is progressing in the case of forced sterilizations carried out by the government of Alberto Fujimori in the 1990s. Thousands of indigenous and peasant women underwent surgery to eradicate poverty. During Alberto Fujimori’s government (1990-2000), around 300,000 indigenous and peasant women were sterilized as part of the National […]
By Alexis Polo Ganzález In the framework of its 280th anniversary, the Chilean Mint, in charge of printing money in the South American country, held the Valuable Women contest to define which historical character will be the face of the institution's commemorative print. The citizens chose Duhalde. The Mint announced that Margot Duhalde, the first […]
The Government of China applauded Venezuela’s willingness to join the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). This intention of Venezuela is evidence of the group’s growing global authority, said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry for Latin America, Alexandr Schetinin. “We welcome the early accession of as many partisan partners as possible […]
By Cristián Fajardo C. Neymar promises to be the captain of the reel cruise for three days in Brazil. "Ney em alto mar" ('mar' means sea in Brazilian Portuguese) is the name of the project headed by the star Neymar, the Paris Saint-Germain and Brazilian national team player, who wants to take tourists on a […]
A statement signed by leading technology industry experts, including scientists and executives from Microsoft, Google, and other companies such as OENIA, creator of ChatGPT, warns that artificial intelligence technology should be considered a social risk and prioritized similarly to pandemics and nuclear wars. Hundreds of executives and academics – including Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google […]
On Tuesday (30), the Brazilian House of Representatives approved a project by a margin of 283 votes to 155, with one abstention, which establishes limits for demarcating land and may threaten several rights of indigenous peoples. The ruling base tried to postpone the vote by requesting to remove the agenda. However, the request was refused […]
By Artur Piva Bunge announced an initiative to provide US$500 million in credit for Brazilian agribusiness. On Monday, July 29, the global giant in the agricultural industry launched Fincrop - a fintech focused on loans for rural producers. Bunge's new venture will mediate the relationship between credit market agents and Brazilian agribusiness. The company was […]
Former US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (30) that if he is elected in 2024, he will end the granting of automatic citizenship to children born on US territory whose parents are illegal immigrants. The measure would also affect tourists whose children are born in the US. In a campaign video (watch it here), […]
By Tiago Mali The Brazilian President has given extreme importance to foreign policy. This week, the newspaper "O Globo" recalled that Lula has already met with 30 foreign leaders (until last Sunday; on Tuesday, the count already went up). The President received only nine members of Congress from allied parties in the same period. Maybe, […]
Charlie Grant, brother of Lana Del Rey, an attraction last Saturday (27) at the MITA Festival, took advantage of his visit to Rio de Janeiro to climb Christ the Redeemer and posted the adventure on social media. What does Christ the Redeemer look like? It is 38 meters high: 30 from the monument and eight […]
Brazil is a famous destination for naturists - with good beaches for those who prefer to explore the sea and sands without clothes. The American CNN published a ranking which can also be seen in the magazine Nude & Natural, which specializes in the naturist community and is also in the book "The World's Best […]
By Alfredo Eberlein Chile's Ministry of the Interior and Public Security announced in its Public Account 2023 that it will provide the Carabineros de Chile with 18 armored vans, 15 mobile armored modules, and four Arquus-Defense APC Bastion 4x4 Armored Personnel Carriers (TPB) to be assigned to the South Macro-zone, where the State of Constitutional […]
The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, criticized the recent statements of the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, regarding Venezuela. On Monday 29, President Lula said there are many “narratives” about human rights violations by President Nicolás Maduro. “I was surprised when it was said that what happened in Venezuela is a […]
By Cristyan Costa The editorial of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo published this Wednesday, 31, raises the tone with President Lula (PT) because of the reception of Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro, in Brazil. According to Estadão, the PT leader "embarrasses Brazil" by nodding to the Chavista. "After rolling out the red carpet for […]